In my short time at Rapenburg100 I come into contact with the student, who I am myself. Who is that student anyway? What is going on in their lives and what is essential for this young person?
The student I meet is searching. Searching in everything that happens. Looking around and mixing in all sorts of things, but above all ending up in a lack of clarity. Taking up boards, starting studies, living on your own or joining an association. It all leads to new questions, to which often no ready-made answers can be found. Finding a grip in existing structures, traditions and organizations can then give some peace of mind, as well as the new connections that are established with other peers.
But that is not self-evident either, as it turns out. Walking your life path often turns out to be about learning to guide effort and tension, according to my experience. Failure to succeed is just as important as success, as it shows you what you want and what you encounter. That does not mean that it is always fun and enjoyable. Difficulty in your management, searching for your identity or finding your own strength, those are slow questions. Questions that do not have a direct answer, cannot be approached in a technical way. They are existential in nature and do not upright the exist, but on yours. You will have to answer these questions for yourself in your life. Your life is the answer to your questions.
These questions also play a constant role in my life. In this way I look for what it means to guide students with those questions. What it means to be able to follow my colleagues in this, while at the same time wanting to lead and grow. What is my relationship to surrender? What does it mean to 'be there for the other'? Who am I as a Humanist spiritual counselor? These are all questions to which I will probably not get a very 'final' answer and which will turn out to be new questions. Frustrating, but also extremely deepening and meaningful.
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